Mary A. Bedikian
Professor of Law in Residence & Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Law College Building
648 N. Shaw Lane Rm 414
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517-432-6889 Intercom: 179
bedik@law.msu.edu
Degrees
J.D. 1980, Detroit College of Law; M.A. 1975, B.A. 1971, Wayne State University
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Notes
Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Bar Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Michigan
Courses
ADR in the Workplace, Arbitration, Arbitration Advocacy, Contract Negotiation, Negotiation
Biography
Mary A. Bedikian is the former district-vice-president, Detroit Region, of the American Arbitration Association, an organization for which she worked for 28 years. Her extensive experience in ADR spans many sectors — labor, commercial, construction, international, and employment — and includes training mediators and arbitrators in both the process and substance of ADR. In 1987, Professor Bedikian created one of the first interactive ADR courses, to be taught at various law schools within Michigan. She served as adjunct faculty at both the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and Wayne State University Law School for more than 10 years. Ms. Bedikian also is well published. In 1988, she won first prize in the Sixth Annual National Labor Law Writing Competition for her article, "Riding on the Horns of a Dilemma: The Law of Contract Versus the Law of Public Policy." Ms. Bedikian has co-authored two practice books in ADR: Michigan Pleading and Practice, Volumes 8A and B, and Michigan Practice Series - ADR, both published by Thomson West. Ms. Bedikian was instrumental in creating the ADR Section of the State Bar of Michigan and received the Distinguished Service Award in Recognition of Significant Contributions to the Field of Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Section in 1999. As director of the Law College's ADR program, Ms. Bedikan focuses her work in three principal areas: developing a core curriculum in ADR for MSU Law students; providing mediation, facilitation, negotiation and conflict management training to universities, corporations and other entities; and offering professional consulting services.